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Furnace Hills Tenant House
Furnace Hills Tenant House is located in Pennsylvania
Furnace Hills Tenant House
LocationUnpaved Rd approx. 500 ft. E of Project Dr., West Cocalico Township, Pennsylvania
Area6 acres (2.4 ha)
Architectural styleOther, Penn. German Bankhouse
NRHP reference No.05000451[1]
Added to NRHPMay 20, 2005

Furnace Hills Tenant House, also known as Kurtz House and Foxfire House, is a historic home located at West Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is a 1 1/2 to 2 1/2-story, banked sandstone dwelling, built c. 1830-1850. It is considered to be in a vernacular Pennsylvania German perpendicular bankhouse style. It measures 19 feet wide and 26 feet deep and has a gable roof. Also on the property is a contributing stone stable, also built c. 1830-1850. The stable has a frame barn addition built in the 1930s.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Mary Virginia Shelley (August 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Furnace Hills Tenant House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-18.